Cambridgeshire CC also reversed cuts to community transport and road maintenance after receiving an extra £3.2m over two years.

Other councils, such as Cornwall, had already said that they would use reserves to protect spending.

Oxfordshire CC had not said whether it would use any of an additional £9m to reverse cuts of £3.7m to subsidised bus services but had scrapped cuts to community transport.

The county, in which prime minister David Cameron has his constituency, was highlighted in a recent report on cuts to bus funding by Campaign for Better Transport.

CBT head of campaigns, James MacColl, told Transport Network: ‘While we hope more councils use this funding to preserve bus services, it is only a temporary measure which needs to be backed up by a permanent settlement which ensures decent public transport is available to all.’